Ivan Samoylovych Іван Самойлович | |
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5th Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks | |
In office 17 June 1672 – 1687 | |
Preceded by | Petro Doroshenko Demian Mnohohrishny (as Moscow's appointee) |
Succeeded by | Ivan Mazepa |
Personal details | |
Born | 1630s Khodorkiv, Skvyra region, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Died | 1690 Tobolsk, Siberia, Tsardom of Russia |
Nationality | Ruthenian (Ukrainian) |
Ivan Samoylovych (Ukrainian: Іван Самойлович, Russian: Ива́н Самойло́вич, Polish: Iwan Samojłowicz; died 1690) was the Hetman of Left-bank Ukraine from 1672 to 1687. His term in office was marked by further incorporation of the Cossack Hetmanate into the Tsardom of Russia and by attempts to win Right-bank Ukraine from Poland–Lithuania.